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  1. OFFTopic on Adobe Threatens Microsoft With Suit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anyone else finding digg.com a big fat 404 right now?

  2. Re:Harness Hurricanes? on Vertical Axis Wind Turbine With Push and Pull · · Score: 1

    Hmm... If you were from Florida, you would perhaps know that it is not energy production thats a problem, but rather it is the power delivery at issue. ie. electrical lines that get snapped/cut/stretched/thrown around in the midst of a hurricane.

  3. Re:Before and after on Wireless Positioning · · Score: 1

    I really thought I had suddenly become retarded and couldn't parse english anymore. Thankfully, and quick edit proved me wrong.

    Uhh...

  4. Re:Maybe she'll help out when they impeach Bush on Bush Supreme Court Nominee Former Microsoft Lawyer · · Score: 1

    Yes. Bush singlehandedly convinced EVERYONE at the CIA/NSA/FBI that their were WMDs in Iraq.

    Seriously! Get a clue. The man can barely form a coherent sentence without his speechwriters assistance. Do you really think he's intelligent enough to form a deception that would convince all brances of Governments? Honestly, I pity the state of politics in this Union when partisan politics plays to the point where people stop thinking critically, and instead react in the reactionary, non-thinking manner.

    Yes. There was deceipt. That much is known and clearly evident, but what I would really like to know is who pulled the strings on this puppet. Who was the war-hawk that made it so that Bush and our Country would declare war on the nation of Iraq? Think about it like this; Bush is a weed. What you suggest would entail cutting off the top and ignoring the roots.

    Disclaimer: I am republican. I voted for Gore first, Kerry second. I knew the dangers of a bible thumping oiler in office. I am more a moderate Conservative (well, prior to this current administration anyway)
  5. Re:"Pilot" on Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely · · Score: 1

    Oh... One quick note. NASA is a bit strange with the pilot / copilot thing... It's rather like, Pilot=Copilot, Commander=Pilot .. Semantics, really.

  6. Re:"Pilot" on Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Shuttle is only computer controlled through the supersonic portion of flight, at around ~50,000 feet the controls are given to the Copilot for a relatively quick period. Following that, the pilot at around 30,000 feet assumes control, and guides the shuttle in while maintaining a trajectory within the glide slope.

    Before posting mis-information like you've done today, check your facts first.

  7. Re:And? on Googling for CIA Agents · · Score: 0, Troll

    Dr. B W Jones

    born around 1969 to 1971

    Wrote a dissertation with a title I'm not even going to try and type here

    Your street address begins with a K and the house number ends with an 8

    Your phone number ends with a 6

    Should I continue?

    The same way I was able to get your personal home address/phone number is the same method that that this journalist used to discover the identity of the wife on one mere fact. That his wife works for the CIA - In what capacity? That's irrelevant. The entire purpose of this article is to show how easy it is to discover anything, about anyone, on the net with very little information to begin with.

  8. Re:And? on Googling for CIA Agents · · Score: 1

    oh my.. You're not very bright are you? I don't need to know anything about the, "agency" - If I were looking for who this person might be (his wife) and I knew the legal name of her spouse, it would be as simple as the article states, to find out exactly WHO she is... but then, you didn't read the article, did you?

    Next time you reply to a comment of mine, reply to what it was I SAID in my original comment instad of spewing off further stupidity.

  9. Re:And? on Googling for CIA Agents · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't know how you got modded as insightful since you obviously didn't read the article. Note the comment in the article where it states:

    "And I now possess all this information simply because I know (from Karl Rove, via Matt Cooper) that Joseph Wilson's wife "apparently works at the agency on WMD issues.""

  10. Psst.. Read the article.. on Googling for CIA Agents · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Don't know how you got modded as insightful since you obviously didn't read the article. Note the comment in the article where it states: "And I now possess all this information simply because I know (from Karl Rove, via Matt Cooper) that Joseph Wilson's wife "apparently works at the agency on WMD issues.""

  11. Re:What is Utah really like? on Send Email to Utah, Go to Jail · · Score: 0, Troll

    Troll.... Say, I hear most everyone from the UK are in desperate need of Dental work and they all talk with Cockney accents. Man, those backwards people.

  12. Re:Uhh.. Prior Art? on Apple Sued Over iTunes UI · · Score: 1

    Winamp was first released in 1996, IIRC. (slashdot is not friendly to fast typists and makes one wait an inordinate amount of time before clicking submit....)

  13. Uhh.. Prior Art? on Apple Sued Over iTunes UI · · Score: 1

    Seriously, have they ever heard of Winamp? It has playlists, ability to track songs, pick, shuffle, etc.

  14. Magnetic Field? on Looking at a Martian Aurora Borealis · · Score: 1

    Curious, how does a magnetic field go extinct, like it did on Mars?

  15. Re:No discussion? on OpenBSD Hackathon Approaching · · Score: 4, Informative
    Perhaps if you read the article, this snippet might have answered your question:

    "normally, we have to sit down and write a long explanation email in order to communicate, and people are in different timezones, so the feedback is often less than fast. Being able to go directly up to somebody and perhaps even work together on a task in real-time, is a big plus."

    ....

    "The reduction in distance and time augments the dialog between developers working in related areas, and some new projects can even spontaneously emerge on their own."

    As always, RTFA
  16. Maybe I've been at work too long.... on The Wasp Micro Air Vehicle · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...but, all I can remember from your post is, " it's got to have a nice big pair on it. " *mind wandering, with visions of big pairs running through it..*

  17. Re:Disposal is a Hassel on Is Leasing Really Worth It? · · Score: 1

    Have a 'lil Hasselhoff on the brain? It's hassle...

  18. Re:I want to go to college too! on High School Kids Beat MIT at Robotics Competition · · Score: 1

    I am also a U.S. Citizen, underemployed and cannot afford college. Yet I'm making it, I'm attending the local community college for the first two years and not spending in excess. (God, I hate Ramen... Bleck!) Every extra dime I have after living expenses (rent, electricity and basic internet cable) goes either to savings, or paying for my current tuition. I work two jobs, attend school fulltime, and will be graduating this term with highest honors. I already have several grants / scholarships that will enable me to complete the remaining two years for the term beginning this fall. Stop complaining and do what you have to do. Complaining gets you no where.

  19. Re:As a Brit... on UK Officially The Most Hacked Country · · Score: 1

    Converted the majority of your friends and family to Debian? My! IT would seem you've become a said friends and family's helpdesk. My friends/family constantly think of me as their personal tech-budda and my IMs/phone go off constantly with "help me!" type questions, and I haven't touched most of their computers..

  20. Colour me Jealous... on Inside Look at Pixar HQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..but sitting here in my cubicle of an office measuring no more than 80 Square feet, with plane white walls and no window, I'm jealous. No wonder they come up with off the wall creative stuff and I sometimes struggle whilst attempting to get the creative juices flowing.

  21. Re:Hopefully on General Motor's EV1 Electric Cars Scrapped · · Score: 1

    ..sued to DEATH

  22. Slashdot != xhtml on Opera Lays Down Acid2 Challenge · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Slashdot produces some of the worst html code available, and it doesn't produce the same exact code EVERY time. Some days it offers spans, some days tables missing end tags, it's just random garbarge. How do you expect ANY browser to render code the same, EVERYTIME? God. I fed a troll... *shaking head*

  23. Re:Question on Allofmp3.com Wins Court Case · · Score: 4, Funny

    No. *insert RIAA stomping foot sound here*

  24. Re:Now correct me if im wrong... on Judge Finds For Apple in ThinkSecret Case · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes there is, but if you had read the article you would have seen that the Judge did NOT consider these bloggers journalists. RTFA.

  25. Re:Kit TVs on Build Your Own TV Without Broadcast Flags · · Score: 4, Informative

    Won't be possible. There is a provision in the broadcast flag legislation that states the devices be rugged and difficult to modify. A simple little chip removal ain't going to happen.